Stink bugs swarm over and feed on a nectarine.
(Photo: Ralph Scorza, USDA)

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Doyle Rice
USA TODAY

In what's becoming an annual ritual, the smelly, annoying scourge of homeowners from coast-to-coast are crawling inside homes across the country this fall as the weather cools off.

"Stink bugs move indoors in late September and early October," explains Russ Horton, entomologist with pest control company HomeTeam Pest Defense in Dallas. "They go into hibernation during winter and emerge in early spring." They like hiding in attics and inside walls. ...